William Morris to Whistler; papers and addresses on art and craft and the commonweal (1911)
Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell & Sons ltd. · leaf 192
particularlyrich and dignified ornamental effect is producedby the contrasting allied elements of the figure re-liefs in the large lozenge-shaped enclosures, withthe rich gilded formal diaper of the heraldicsphinx, or human-headed lion, which, in close re-petition, forms the diaper on the main… … NOTES ON EARLY ITALIAN GESSO WORKand gilded gesso on wood, consisting mainly offoliated scroll forms characteristic of the earlyItalian Renascence work, and here again theraised patterns have the soft rich look, as if the or-nament had been squeezed or floated upon thesurface of the wood, somewhat…
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